The Seashell and the Clergyman 1928 (Restored Full Movie) The first Surrealist film, written by Antonin Artaud, directed by Germaine Dulac. Restored version.
This was banned by the U.K. censors when it first came out. The reason? “The film is so cryptic, it is rendered completely meaningless. If the film does have a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable.”
Or play some suitable music. Bell Witch just posted about this film. There are plenty of great choices that fit the atmosphere. Also try L'Inferno with the Icelandic band Wormlust!
A marvellously atmospheric film which I never tire of watching and a good restoration here. The soundtrack on this upload is all wrong to my ears and doesn't complement the obsessive, menacing, absurdist and dream-like qualities of the visuals. I've been watching it with various ambient/electronica tracks that are more appropriate in my opinion.
Wait until around 1:26, then play Ligeti's Requiem as the background score. It coincides with the scenes and accentuates the drama surprisingly well. When that ends, play "Hail the Nightmare", which coincides, thematically, with the next few minutes. That's what I did when I first saw it, anyway. I probably ruined the film experience by blending it with extraneous material, but is that not what the modern soundtrack trying to illuminate new angles of interpretation or whatever was trying to do? Requiem URL: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JdTMnYueD50.html "Hail the Nightmare" URL: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tuHzagjqOLU.html "Soothing Hymn" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tlmH-unczPY.html
I liked the soundtrack---it was trying to complement the bizzareness of the entire film. This is only my 2nd or 3rd time seeing this, and it's so different from what I remember. Been a long while since I've seen it. I like all the scenes filmed in those dark hallways, too.
Every human being operates on the fifth dimension of perspective rather than the fourth or the third. Members of mankind who operate on the fourth dimension are amnesiacs who suffer from psychopathy. Those individuals cannot simulate the experiences of themselves in their minds nor the experiences from others. They may not empathize with themselves nor may they ever empathize with others. Every human being who suffers this specific ailment dies the loneliest death known to mankind. There is no way to perceive the third dimension until we become objective objects - that means death. That is my synopsis of The Seashell and the Clergyman if you're looking for an explanation. Artaud was ahead of his time.
*In The Nursery announce the release of a new soundtrack album - The Seashell & the Clergyman - the 9th in their Optical Music series. Widely recognised as the first surrealist film, The Seashell and the Clergyman is a complex, controversial and multi-layered film directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud. The BBFC famously banned the film stating "If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable".*
Не, это из практики осознанных сноведений. Чтобы был осознанный сон, нужно представить комнату или дворец, и можна возращаться вновь и вновь. Для того, чтобы сон был устойчивый представляют, как метафору, фонтан.
The soundtrack made it too whimsical. If you read the actual screenplay by Artaud, the atmosphere is significantly more strained and swimming with latent terror. I can see why he wasn't happy with the cinematography as well. But, as the only Artaud film in existence, I highly enjoyed it all the same.
I'm a huge Artaud fan, so what I have to say is that it indeed is not as extreme and psychologically disturbing/evoking as Artaud's own aesthetic is (so I understand very well his own opinions on it) but it is regardless, still one of the greatest films of all time, period! :)
It was scored many different ways, by many different people. Welcome to Absurdism. Read some Camus and listen to Saccharine trust or something, lol...drink some Absinthe and/or drop a few tabs....fingerpaint with your body...or just enjoy the last leg of PostModern Art and be thankful you can do so. A new Era Dawns upon the Horizon!
Okay fans, the late/great Herk Harvey was mainly the director of industrial shorts. But he had one significant claim to fame with his 1962 Cult Horror film "Carnival of Souls" (still Very creepy and much-loved). Herk was knowledgeable about some obscure Cinema. I have wondered for years if his Creepy 'Dance of the Dead' penultimate scene was Inspired by having once seen "Seashell---" (notably time-steps 17:28 - 18:22). Who will ever know. I wrote the screenplay author, John Clifford, years ago, but he has 'passed' as well. Does anyone else 'see' what I'm talking about, or is it just my heart meds acting up?! HJ
Yes, I love "Carnival of Souls" Hilligoss is perfect.. I do see what you mean with the dancing bits.. quite possibly he saw this film - but we will never know, as we don't for many more films with similar scenes which hold our interest. Always dug the great organ music Candace plays in Carnival with the altered jazz chord extensions, music from two worlds. For sure, you are paying attention my friend.. That's good to see.
Starlight13tls yes, this is the first, un chien andalou is one year later - however, it is the first that wasn’t percieved negatively by the audiences. germaine got the worst reception for this
FilmsFor SMARTpeople I always watch it completely silent and it retains its very heavy emotional and psychological impact, it's a masterpiece of silent film in every single way
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE No - the music soundtracks are listed in the details! Three tracks by 'Pascal Comelade'. Often, silent films would be performed accompanied by a pianist or small pit-orchestra.
@@東京太郎-b6l в монашеской традиции выделяют 5 стадий развития помысла. Тут показана классическая ошибка, если начинаешь думать об объекте вожделения более 2 минут. Человека потом лихорадит неделю, мучают вот такие сны. Я смотрю, очень точно передано состояние, но не показано, что если человек преодалевает во сне похоть, то дальше открываются знания и ключи к подсознанию.
It's actually a superposition of two plans. It's the exact same trick in photography ( "collage" in french) like Picasso, Max Ernst or Hannah Höch used to do.
al oir de esta pelicula pense en encobtrarme escenas sexuales explicitas, gracias a dios eso no aparecio, pero el minuto 21:27 me recuerda a la forma en al que mi ex novio corria, mas o menos el tiene la misma cara, ahora ya no, decidio operarse la cara, ahora se parece a calamardo operado, un gran señor y rey del subrealismo, muy buena pelicula sobre el vampirismo y que refla la sociedad de la epoca, gracias a M.A. por hacerme disfrutar de esta maravilla
